Wire ornament



Aug. 20, 1940. E. P. CREMER 2,211,883.

WIRE ORNAMENT F iled June 14, 19:59

. INVENTOR. EGO/v Q CREME/Q Patented Aug. 20, 1940 UNlTED STATES ATENT OFFICE WIRE ORNAMENT Egon P. 'Cremer, New York, N. Y.

Application June 14, 1939, Serial No. 278,995

7 Claims.

means for obtaining an ornamental product; to

provide a wire ornament which may specifically imitate such natural objects as leaves and petals with striking resemblance thereto and utilize wire for the purpose but with artistic results and with adequate ease of manufacture enabling the article to be sold at a reasonable price and adaptable to various uses.

The invention contemplates the foregoing objects and such novel constructions and arrangements as herein described and claimed and such reasonable variations therefrom as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views:

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and back views of a completed ornament embodying my in- Vention;

Figure 3 is a rear view of two artificial petals looking toward the rear of the same and showing the manner of finishing off such petals and connecting the same together;

Figure 4 is a rear view of a petal in process of manufacture and substantially ready to be finished ofi;

Figure 5 is a similar view of a petal which is just being started; and

Figure 6 is a somewhat enlarged View showing a petal underway and the relationship of the strands thereof with respect to each other and to the spine.

In the specific embodiment of the invention,

the wire ornament is preferably constructed uponof example, the strands of wire used for the purpose of constructing the body portion may well be No. 24 copper wire preferably insulated by cotton or silk covering as clearly indicated in Fig. 6. The several strands are preferably wound several times spirally around the spine I0, as at I I for obtaining an anchoring of the body portion wire I2 to the spine. The winding is preferably such that the strands are close together and tightly engage the spine. After several turns have been made establishing core I I, the plurality of strands are longitudinally from one end of windings or core II around the side, at I3, to the other end and given a loop I4 thereat around the spine II and returned at the opposite side of core I I, as at I5 to the first mentioned end where another loop I6 is taken around the spine and the strands extended again as at I! adjacent the extension of the strands as at I3, looped again around the spine at I8 and returned at the side of strands I5 to the first mentioned end and so on until a suitable length and width of body portion has been developed. If so desired, the final end of these strands I2 may be given a twist around the spine for securing them in place, or as is preferred the insulation is stripped from the wire and the last or outer passage of the wire at the rim of the body portion will be exposed copper wire, giving a different coloring to the margin of the body portion than is obtained by the coloring of the insulation on the wire at the middle part of the body portion. It is deemed within the scope of the invention, however, to employ separate strands for the rim and insulation thereto of any desired color. The final end of the strands will be twisted around the spine to bind it OE and thus avoid loose ends and separation of the strands from the position to which they h ave been formed.

Preferably the spine is considerably longer than the length of the body portion, and at one end of the body portion the spine is doubled back, as at I9, to form a reinforcement and one of the ends of the double-back spine portions continues beyond the several ends of the body portion as a part of the stem, whereas the other one of the strands of a spine member will be twisted, as at 20, around the stem portion of the spine and around the other turned-back portion of the spine. The present showing utilizes the turnedback strand which projects through the winding of the other turned-back strand, as a stem portion, and the several projecting ends of the several petals may be twisted together, as at 2| for uniting the several petals into formation of a flower or the like. The projecting twisted portions 2| may furthermore be formed in a tight coil at the center and front of the formed flower, as indicated at 22 in Figure 1, so as to make a desired central cluster to the completed flower. The end of the cluster forming twist of wires pref erably protrudes at the rear and forms a convenient stem 23 to which a pin or other attaching means 24 may be attached.

Accordingly, from the foregoing and from inspection of the drawing, it will be seen that I accomplish the desired result of a petal, leaf or the like requiring no frame but having a proper configuration and rigidity built entirely upon a spine, and further that the spine extended forms the uniting element for a plurality of petals as well as a supplemental means for increasing rigidity of the petals and a central cluster and stem. The structure is accordingly one susceptible to artistic configurations obtainable by shaping the spine straight, curved or otherwise and thus avoid exact duplication of petals in an assembly thereof. Use of a spine of a plurality of wires enables the body portion wires looped therearound to grip the spine and be prevented from rotating thereupon.

I claim:

1. An artificial ornament of wire comprising a spine and other wires looped therearound and extending successively on opposite sides of the spine with the wire emanating from contiguous loops extending increasing distances in a general direction longitudinally of the spine in proportion to maximum lateral spacing thereof from the spine.

2. An artificial ornament of Wire comprising a spine and body portion wires entirely supported from the spine and extending lengthwise in a common plane with the spine and looped around the spine at separated parts of the spine.

3. An artificial ornament of wire comprising a spine of a plurality of wires, and strands of wires looped at intervals of the length thereof around the spine, said strands extending successively on opposite sides of the spine with the strands emanating from contiguous loops at one end portion of the spine being positioned at one side of the spine whereas the strands emanating from the loops at the other end portion of the spine all being at the other side of the spine and all said strands retained from rotation with respect to the spine by virtue of the spine comprising a plurality of wires.

4. An artificial ornament of Wire comprising a spine, a core formed on the spine, said core comprising tightly wound strands of body portion wires, said body portion wires at each end of the core extending lengthwise of the core back to the other end of the core and looped thereat around the core.

5. An artificial ornament in accordance with claim 2 wherein the spine turns back at one end and all ends of the spine-forming wire project at one end of the ornament.

6. An artificial ornament in accordance with claim 2 wherein the spine turns back at one end and all ends of the spine-forming wire project at one end of the ornament, said ornament being combined with a plurality of similar ornaments, a part of the projecting ends of the spines being twisted together and forming a central cluster for the several ornaments.

'7. An artificial ornament of wire comprising a spine, and body portion wires looped at separated portions around the spine and extending lengthwise in a common plane with the spine and forming both the body portion and rim of said ornament.

EGON P. CREMER. 

